Peyton, Billy Joe
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Emory L. Kemp Papers regarding Industrial History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4230
Scope and Contents
This collection includes materials from Dr. Emory L. Kemp’s career of researching, documenting, and preserving historic structures. Kemp was a practicing civil engineer from 1952-1959, then taught civil engineering, historic preservation, and the history of technology from 1962-2003 at West Virginia University. He served as an expert consultant for the preservation of many historic engineering structures, including bridges, waterways, and mills. He also published regularly and remained...
Dates:
1735-2021
Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology, Records regarding Blair Mountain
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3857
Overview
Records of the Institute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology (IHTIA) pertaining to its work on Blair Mountain, Logan County, WV, the site of the Battle of Blair Mountain. Fought in 1921, this battle was a culmination of the largest civil uprising since the Civil War, featuring the confrontation of mine workers with state police and volunteer militia. The collection includes correspondence, typescripts, maps, clippings, photographs, and artifacts that pertain to the Blair...
Dates:
1906-1992, undated; Majority of material found within 1990-1992
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- Aqueducts 1
- Blair Mountain (W. Va.) 1
- Blair Mountain, Battle of, W. Va., 1921 1
- Canal aqueducts 1
- Canals 1
- Canals--United States 1
- Cast-iron 1
- Cement 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coalfields 1
- Concrete 1
- Covered bridges 1
- Dams 1
- Engineering 1
- Engineering -- History 1
- Flood dams and reservoirs 1
- Glass blowing and working 1
- Glass manufacture 1
- Historic preservation 1
- Historic sites -- Conservation and restoration 1
- Industrial Archaeology -- Australia 1
- Industrial Archaeology -- England 1
- Industrial Archaeology -- United States 1
- Industrial archaeology 1
- Inland navigation 1
- Iron 1
- Kanawha River (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River (W. Va.) -- Navigation -- History 1
- Labor disputes -- West Virginia -- 20th century -- History 1
- Locks (Hydraulic engineering) 1
- Logan County (W. Va.) 1
- Milling machinery 1
- Mills and mill-work 1
- Mines and mineral resources 1
- Mines and mineral resources -- West Virginia 1
- Muskingum River (Ohio) 1
- Portland cement 1
- Science -- History 1
- Steel 1
- Suspension bridges 1
- Technology -- History 1
- Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (Ala. and Miss.) 1
- Truss bridges 1
- Waterways 1
- West Virginia Mine Wars, W. Va., 1897-1921 1
- Wheeling Bridge (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1
- Wrought-iron 1 + ∧ less
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